Lemmy has the most smartphone apps.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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Lemmy even has great web apps (not including the vanilla site).
- https://phtn.app/ (great desktop ui)
- https://alexandrite.app/ (vanilla-like, flyout posts)
- https://vger.app/ (mobile focused)
It's just missing secure OAuth based logins.
- Do you want microblogging alongside regular forums?
- YES: Choose mbin.
- NO:
- Do you want a native app?
- YES: Choose Lemmy... for now.
- NO: Choose PieFed.
- Do you want a native app?
I've been very interested in PieFed and kept a close watch on it; the only reason I'm on Lemmy is the lack of a stable API on PieFed (which means no apps). Here are some of the reasons I believe PieFed is superior than Lemmy:
- More lightweight to host; imo makes it "more decentralized" since the requirements to self-host are less and thus available to more people.
- New and innovative features
- Responsive developer
- PieFed is opinionated to foster a positive environment. The platform itself is designed in some places to be unattractive to tankies, nazis, trolls, transphobics, etc.
- I don't believe in seperation of the art from the artist. The artist somehow always profits from the art, be it donations, paywalls, etc. The developers of Lemmy are tankies, and one of them is a transphobe.